Improvement in folding paper collars



UNITED' ,STATES l PATENT OFF-ICE.

J. H. DARLINGTOMOF NEW resign. Y., AssrGNoR .To HIMsnLF,1r.B. TAINTER.,AND F.' D. 'JAGKSQN,.0F ySAME PLACE.

mi@novi-:wlENT iN FQLDINGPAPER COLLARS. u

SnecitieaionA forming partici? Letters Patent No. 43,737, dated August2, i864.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be' it'known that I, J. H. DAnLINGgromof the city and State of New York,have in-` vented,` made, and applied to use al certain new and usefulImprovement in Means for Making Paper Collars; and I do hereby declarethe following to b e ajfull, clear, and eX-1 act description of thesame, reference being y had to theannexed drawings, making part ot thisspecication, wherein- I Y "Figurel-ls aside velevatioii'ot'n'iyapparatus". Fig. 2 is an end view of the. same, and Fig. 3 is a `plan ofthe same. t

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts. v y

My invention relates to .that class of kpaper collars that are lturnedover or folded longitudinally. This folding operation has usually beendone'by hand, which is unreliable, asthecollar may be folded wider atonel place than another. Dies in which thecollir receives a shape havealso been employed, but they operate quite slowly. A

rlhe nature -ot' my said inventionconsists in 'a vibrating folder,combined with a slotted bed, said folder, carrying the collar through Athe slot iu the bed and giving to it a creaseat the points where the-fold is required, so as to malte v v the saine perfectly uniform, andthat crease maybe either straight or on a curved ,liner :If the latter,the outer part ofthe collarv lwill stand at a little distance from thebaud,

sogasQtojallow for 'the introduction of a cravat.

'/In the drawings, a isa bed, in which is a slot 'or mortse, eitherstraight. or curved. b is a gage to receive the edge of the papercollar,.and said gage'is adjustable, so as to vary c the width of theturned over or outerpart of the collar, as desired. c is affolder,havingI ay reciprocating movement communicated` to it by theeccentric-rods d and eccentrics een the shaft f, or by any othersuitable means. The folderis guided in slidesin. or other supports, sothat it can be pressed down and pass through the slots in a a sufficientdistance to carrythc collar directly through 4said slot..

The edges oi' this slot-:iu a are sufficiently "rounded, fas seen Ain'Figi l4,"t'o prevent cut vtuig-or crea-sing the collar,- and there issuicient width in the slots for the collar to pass; hence this apparatusonly gives a detinte,but not4 very sharp, fold tothe collar, sufficientto vdetermine accurately the point at which the fold will form when thecollar is pressed or creased more closely at the ioldin g-point, eitherby hand or otherwise. As before remarked, it' this folder is straight,the outer part of the collar will set closely to the band; but if it isvcurved upward, as illustrated by the'shape ot' collar shown in red linesin Fig. 3, there, will be a slight space left between the collarand bandfor the introduction of a cravat,

What I claim, and desire tosecurc by Letters Patent, is-

Folding paper collars by means of a fehler'4 or bladethat carries thecollar through a slot or mortise in a bed, substantially as specitied.

In witness'whereof I have hereunto set my signature this 30th day ofMay, AJ). 1864. J. it nAu'LiNGToN.

Witnesses:

LEMUEL W. SERRELL, Trios. Guo. Harrow.

